Wednesday, April 22, 2009

Serious environmental problems in Howard County

Since it is Earth Day today, I thought I would write about an environmental problem in Howard County that seems to get little attention. It is the high levels of dihydrogen monoxide in lakes and streams in Howard County. Dihydrogen monoxide can be deadly to both people and wildlife, as it can accumulate in the lungs and cause suffocation. In less extreme levels of exposure, it can cause frequent urination. Sometimes it is used as an additive in beverages, and it has been linked to breakouts of E. coli. The effects of dihydrogen monoxide on youth is not certain, but it has been found at every recent school shooting.

I suspect that Centennial Park has been contaminated with high levels of dihydrogen monoxide, as I have seen dead insects and other wildlife that appear to have succumbed to overexposure. It also appears to be corroding some of the park benches.

It can be very dangerous, and very little is being done to ban it. Contact the local government and make sure they pass laws that require other people to do something about this problem.

7 comments:

Anonymous said...

I've never heard of this. Where does it come from? How did you hear about it?

I have well water; could it be there too? My dog drinks unfiltered water and has had trouble lately with frequent urnination.

Must be pretty severe if the county poster-blog for Libertarianism is asking for a law.

Anonymous said...

Wow.

Anonymous said...

I guess water can be dangerous if used to drown people.

Freemarket said...

Anon 12:00, you're no fun.

Anonymous said...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dihydrogen_monoxide

aka H2O ....


its not april fools after all is it?

Anonymous said...

I read that on wiki, actually I speed read that on wiki and was taken in, lock stock and barrel. kept seeing "dangerous" repeated over and over.

Darn speed reading...

Anonymous said...

Centennial Park IS contaminated with something. No water should smell that bad.